Travel RN NICU

Voyage Health

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Posted Sep 10

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour nights
Unit and setting: NICU
License: RN license
Term: 13 weeks · Travel

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Specialty: RN NICU
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Employment Type: Travel/Contract
Pay: $1893 - $1993 per week
Shift: 3x12 Nights
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Length: 13-week
Position: RN NICU (Travel/Contract)

We're hiring experienced RN NICU for a 13-week contract in Salt Lake City, Utah — earn up to ($1893 - $1993 per week) while providing essential care at a leading facility. Most candidates will need to have at least 2 years of recent experience in the specialty.

Looking to level up your career and boost your income? At Voyage Healthcare, we help connect nurses, therapists, and allied health pros with high-paying travel jobs at top-rated facilities across the U. S. With thousands of openings nationwide, you can earn up to $3,500+ per week (depending on your specialty, location, housing, and benefits)—all while making a real impact on the communities that need you most. Let your next adventure start with us!

Apply & Call us today at 800-798-6035 for details on this opportunity. #Workwolf

What's around it?

In Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City, UTFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about the same as the US average

Median rent: $1,414/mo
Household income: $75,090/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Salt Lake City, UT

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals commonly land in Downtown for walkable streets, modern apartments, nightlife, and TRAX; Sugar House for tree-lined streets, parks, dining, and a cited median rent of $1,306; and Greater Avenues (The Avenues) for historic Queen Anne and other 1800s homes, Capitol views, nearby trails, and a claim of being safer than 95% of the city (median rent $1,152). Liberty Wells is the more affordable in-city, walkable option next to Liberty Park and downtown (median rent $995, median home $279,200). Premium east-side family pockets include Wasatch Hollow (quiet creekside greenspace, median home $544,067) and Yalecrest (large yards, median home $694,033). Budget renters often look at Glendale, Poplar Grove, and South Salt Lake, which trade east-side prices for TRAX Green/Red Line access and larger units. Locals also name 9th & 9th and 15th & 15th as walkable commercial nodes, with Cottonwood Heights and South Jordan as frequently suggested suburbs.

Nurses and young professionals commonly land in Downtown for walkable streets, modern apartments, nightlife, and TRAX; Sugar House for tree-lined streets, parks, dining, and a cited median rent of $1,306; and Greater Avenues (The Avenues) for historic Queen Anne and other 1800s homes, Capitol views, nearby trails, and a claim of being safer than 95% of the city (median rent $1,152). Liberty Wells is the more affordable in-city, walkable option next to Liberty Park and downtown (median rent $995, median home $279,200).

Premium east-side family pockets include Wasatch Hollow (quiet creekside greenspace, median home $544,067) and Yalecrest (large yards, median home $694,033). Budget renters often look at Glendale, Poplar Grove, and South Salt Lake, which trade east-side prices for TRAX Green/Red Line access and larger units.

Locals also name 9th & 9th and 15th & 15th as walkable commercial nodes, with Cottonwood Heights and South Jordan as frequently suggested suburbs.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: findmyplace.co Source 4: rentler.com

Getting aroundDowntown is well served by TRAX light rail and UTA buses, and renter guides describe car-free living there as realistic. The TRAX Red Line connects South Salt Lake to the University of Utah and downtown employment centers; the Green Line plus multiple bus routes link Glendale and Poplar Grove, with cited commutes of 20–35 minutes depending on stop and schedule. Salt Lake City International Airport is about 8 miles from downtown. Growth-related traffic is a repeated con, and locals advise adapting to distinctive local driving habits. Sources do not describe hospital-campus parking or drive times to specific medical centers beyond University of Utah TRAX access.

Downtown is well served by TRAX light rail and UTA buses, and renter guides describe car-free living there as realistic. The TRAX Red Line connects South Salt Lake to the University of Utah and downtown employment centers; the Green Line plus multiple bus routes link Glendale and Poplar Grove, with cited commutes of 20–35 minutes depending on stop and schedule.

Salt Lake City International Airport is about 8 miles from downtown. Growth-related traffic is a repeated con, and locals advise adapting to distinctive local driving habits.

Sources do not describe hospital-campus parking or drive times to specific medical centers beyond University of Utah TRAX access.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: rentler.com Source 2: findmyplace.co Source 3: bloggeratlarge.com Source 4: extraspace.com Source 5: facebook.com

OutdoorsThe Wasatch Mountains sit minutes from downtown, so hiking and skiing are the default lifestyle, not a weekend add-on. Close-in named places include Liberty Park, Red Butte Garden, Wasatch Hollow’s creekside greenspace, Hogle Zoo, and the Great Salt Lake with Antelope Island (bison). Winter is ski-resort season in the nearby canyons; other months are trail season—locals tell newcomers to download AllTrails. Longer escapes include Utah’s Mighty 5 and, farther out, Yellowstone and Grand Teton; Visit Salt Lake notes about 10 national parks within roughly six hours of downtown.

The Wasatch Mountains sit minutes from downtown, so hiking and skiing are the default lifestyle, not a weekend add-on. Close-in named places include Liberty Park, Red Butte Garden, Wasatch Hollow’s creekside greenspace, Hogle Zoo, and the Great Salt Lake with Antelope Island (bison).

Winter is ski-resort season in the nearby canyons; other months are trail season—locals tell newcomers to download AllTrails. Longer escapes include Utah’s Mighty 5 and, farther out, Yellowstone and Grand Teton; Visit Salt Lake notes about 10 national parks within roughly six hours of downtown.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: rentler.com Source 2: visitsaltlake.com Source 3: visitutah.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: facebook.com Source 6: extraspace.com Source 7: facebook.com

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Salt Lake City sits at the foot of the Wasatch—an urban grid with Temple Square at its center and ski resorts, trails, and Liberty Park minutes away. For a nurse, the draw is healthcare jobs plus TRAX (Red Line to the University of Utah) and UTA buses linking Downtown, South Salt Lake, Sugar House, and the Avenues; the airport is about eight miles from downtown. Housing splits hard: Liberty Wells and Glendale/Poplar Grove stretch pay further (Liberty Wells median rent cited near $995); Sugar House and Greater Avenues cost more for parks, historic homes, and schools; Yalecrest and Wasatch Hollow are premium east-bench turf. Food and breweries cluster at 9th & 9th, 15th & 15th, Sugar House, and Downtown, with Ballet West, museums, and pro sports—tempered by strict liquor laws. Tradeoffs are winter inversions that trap dirty air, housing a 2026 guide puts 22% above the U.S. average, and thickening traffic. Four-season mountains, not coastal nightlife, are the distinctive offer.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: rentler.com Source 4: findmyplace.co Source 5: bloggeratlarge.com Source 6: visitutah.com Source 7: rentler.com

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